ArchiCAD + dwg = crash

[Anonymous]

No matter what way I try to bring a dwg into archiCAD it always ends with archiCAD crashing, any suggestions?

ArchiCAD is latest version, Windows Vista might be the problem. Anyone else had this problem.

[Laszlo Nagy]

So you tried all of the following:
1. Open the DWG file.
2. Merge the DWG file.
3. Attach the DWG file as an XREF.
4. Place the DWG file as a Drawing.
5. Open the DWg file as a Library Object.

Does any one of these work or they all crash?

Have I left anything out?

[Anonymous]

yup, crashes on them all.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Then probably there is something in that DWG file that ArchiCAD does not like.
Try to get the file again, maybe in DXF or a different DWG version and try again. That's the best I can recommend for now.

[Anonymous]

None of my dwg or dxf files work, I given up, taken vista off my laptop and install xp now.

[Laszlo Nagy]

So those DWG/DXF files work on XP but do not work on Vista?
That would be interesting.
Let me know.

[Anonymous]

The files work fine with XP, I struggled to get vista and archiCAD working properly, XP is the way to go.

Whats wrong with Vista

-I had trouble with archiCAD saving data used in some addons and needed to set program permissions and fight with UAC to get it to work.
-I could not drag and drop mod files, dunno why, but it wouldn't let me, never found a way to fix that.
-DWG-DFX intergration into jobs failed horribly.
-It was slow, now that I got XP running I realised just how slow vista was with archicad.

Downgrading my dell laptop to XP from vista was a marathon in itself as technically dell does not support XP on the inspiron 1720 but the hassel of downgrading was well worth the effort for the functionality and speed I have gained.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Yes, this looks like a larger issue than simply DWG/DXF files not working.
You'll probably be fine with XP for quite a while.
I myself do not plan to upgrade to Vista for quite a while.
I would say I will upgrade when some of the below occurs:
1. I have projects which require more than 2 GB of RAM. Then I will need a 64-bit operating system to be able ot use more memory in ArchiCAD.
2. If several of my other programs I must use will be avaiable only on Vista.
3. When I hear from many different sources that Vista is better than XP.

[Djordje]

laszlonagy wrote:
Yes, this looks like a larger issue than simply DWG/DXF files not working.
You'll probably be fine with XP for quite a while.
I myself do not plan to upgrade to Vista for quite a while.
I would say I will upgrade when some of the below occurs:
1. I have projects which require more than 2 GB of RAM. Then I will need a 64-bit operating system to be able ot use more memory in ArchiCAD.
2. If several of my other programs I must use will be avaiable only on Vista.
3. When I hear from many different sources that Vista is better than XP.

Amen.

In the end, they will force me to Mac. Not that I would resist too much ...

[Anonymous]

I am having the same problem. I use windows XP. Before upgrading to 1114 everything was working fine. After that, any DWG or DXF file dont open, and Archicad crashes. I cant export nothing to DWG or DXF too.